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Council approves city attorney recommendations, including $10.95 million settlement
Summary
The council approved city attorney recommendations: adoption of a resolution concerning Shell Chemical and Phillips Petroleum and settlement of 29 cases for $10,950,000, all recorded as unanimous votes.
The Los Angeles City Council approved several city attorney recommendations, including a resolution identifying Shell Chemical and Phillips Petroleum Company and a recommendation to settle a group of cases for a total of $10,950,000.
A city attorney representative presented the recommendations and asked the council to adopt the submitted resolution; council members approved the recommendation without objection. On a separate vote, the council approved a city-attorney recommendation to settle 29 cases for a combined $10,950,000; the clerk recorded the vote as 10 ayes.
The settlement amount and the number of cases were stated on the council floor; the council’s action accepted the city attorney’s recommendation. The meeting record does not include details on the individual cases or a breakdown of the settlement amounts by case.
Next steps: the city will proceed with the settlement procedures as recommended by the city attorney; the council did not discuss individual case details on the public record at this meeting.
Sources: City attorney presentation and subsequent roll-call votes at the November 2000 meeting.
